Raleigh Law Center congratulates the Philadelphia Eagles and all Eagles fans on their Super Bowl Victory!

May the brightness of this holiday season shine in your life, bringing you peace, harmony and love for yourself, your family and all that you desire. May love and laughter light your days and warm your heart and home. May good and faithful friends be yours wherever you may be. May peace and plenty bless your world with joy that long endures. May all life’s passing seasons bring the best to you and yours. May you have a New Year filled with good health, prosperity, and happiness! May Peace on Earth prevail with Goodwill to all.

Please join us in congratulations to our very own Evonne Hopkins of Raleigh Law Center in becoming one of the candidates for Board of Directors during this year’s Tenth Judicial District Bar & WCBA Elections! We ask you to please show your support and vote for Evonne this year. Please see voting information below!

NOTICE OF ELECTION TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE TENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT BAR THE OFFICERS of the Tenth Judicial District Bar and Wake County Bar Association will have the annual election of Officers and Directors on Tuesday, December 5, 2017, at the Hilton North Raleigh/Midtown, 3415 Wake Forest Road in Raleigh at 12:15 p.m. Lunch will be served and the cost of lunch will be borne by the Tenth Judicial District Bar at no additional cost to members. For those unable to attend the luncheon, an early voting option will be made available at the Wake County Justice Center courtroom 102 and the WCBA offices at the North Carolina Bar Center Friday, December 1 from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m., and Monday Dec. 4 12 p.m. to 2 p.m

Raleigh Law Center would like to wish everyone a

Happy Thanksgiving! Please have a safe and wonderful holiday!

Raleigh Law Center believes in the spirit of giving back to our community! Please help us assist the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina. Please feel free to leave non-perishable items at our office in the Food Bank box to help families in need. We will have this box stationed at the top of the stairs on a table right in front of our doors for anyone who would like to make a kind donation until December 19, 2017. We will deliver all donations to the North Carolina Food Bank. Thank you in advance for your generosity & kindness throughout this holiday season!!!

Understanding the differences between relevant legal terms throughout your divorce and separation are important to the success of your claim and your conversations with your attorney. Many individuals facing a separation aren’t sure of the differences between technical legal terms and how they may affect them moving forward in their respective cases. Post Separation Support and Alimony are similar but different terms where the differences are often misunderstood or unclear.

Post separation support, commonly referred to as PSS, is the legal term that refers to the payment to one spouse by another spouse temporarily during a separation and impending divorce prior to an alimony determination. Post separation support may be ordered in a shortened hearing prior to a full trial for an alimony award. In contrast, alimony is a term that is referred to the permanent order for payment to the other spouse for a fixed period of time. The alimony hearing is often longer and more in depth as a Post Separation Support order is a mere temporary order for payment until an alimony trial is conducted and an alimony award is determined or denied.

Each of the terms involves payment between separated and/or divorced spouses based on the individual’s respective incomes, the length of the marriage and other relative considerations. Post separation support functions as a temporary order for payment while alimony is decided in a lengthier trial with more facts and is a more permanent order by the court deciding payment of one spouse to another for a fixed duration of time.

If you feel you have a claim for post separation support or alimony or are interested in learning more about your options in your separation contact the attorneys at Raleigh Law Center today.

In November of 2016 Attorney Evonne Hopkins taught a continued legal education, CLE, seminar for new family law attorneys through the N.C. Bar Association. Continued Legal Education is required of all attorneys throughout the State of North Carolina. The CLE was structured in a trial advocacy format. Attorney Hopkins and other veteran family law attorneys conveyed their wisdom and knowledge in the area of family law to many new family law attorneys emerging in the practice area.
The CLE focused on trial practice and procedure. The veteran attorneys worked with the new attorneys to develop skills in their practice concerning opening and closing statements, cross examinations and the procedure for entering exhibits into evidence during a family law trial. The new attorneys learned several procedural rules and many effective practice skills for conducting a family law trial.
Attorney Evonne Hopkins is committed to passing her skills and knowledge of the area of family law on to new attorneys in the practice area. Attorney Hopkins works to educate all lawyers in the area of family law and is dedicated to engaging and learning from her peers in family law.

With the holidays quickly approaching many parents are concerned about how the time will be split between the two households following a custody action concerning their minor children. The holidays are often a point of contention between two parents in the determination of the proper custodial schedule after their separation. The holidays are an important time for families to be together and continue their traditions as well as to make new memories.

Many custody orders provide for a special custodial schedule to be followed during the holidays in order to allow special family time between the minor children and each parent during the holiday season. The holidays are also important for custodial scheduling as the children are out of school during this time and arrangements must be made for the school day hours as well.

An example of common holiday custodial schedules is odd and even year scheduling. One parent will have the minor children on specific days of the holidays during the odd years and the other parent will have the children on those specific days during the even years. This type of holiday scheduling works well for many families so that each parent can experience the entire holiday season with their children by rotating the days by odd and even numbered years. There are various other combinations of holiday schedules that may be ordered based on the family and what is in the best interest of the minor children.

If you are concerned about the holiday scheduling for your minor children and are interested in learning of your options for custodial time during the holidays, contact the Raleigh Law Center today. Our attorneys are effective and experienced; we will work to establish the best possible holiday schedule for your minor children.

Termination of parental rights may be a difficult subject for families to face. While difficult and emotional, termination of parental rights, at times, may be in the best interests of the child involved. A petition must be filed to begin the termination of parental rights process. In order to be successful, the petitioner must meet one of the statutory grounds for termination. The statutory grounds for termination of parental rights in North Carolina are numerous including, abuse or neglect of the juvenile, failure to pay for the support of the juvenile without justification, and the relinquishment of the juvenile to the department of social services for adoption. This list is not exhaustive, as there are numerous statutory grounds for termination of parental rights. Once a petitioner has established a statutory ground for termination of parental rights, the petitioner must show that termination of parental rights is in the best interest of the juvenile. Termination of parental rights effectively ends the parent child relationship and disposes of all rights and responsibilities of a parent to the juvenile. Termination of parental rights may be a necessary process for a family and, most importantly, a juvenile to move forward in the best interest of the child.

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We concentrate in family law and domestic violence. We aggressively and effectively represent clients in all aspects of family law including negotiating settlements and litigating cases in Family Court, Domestic Violence Court, District and Superior Courts.

We concentrate in family law and domestic violence litigation as well as estate planning. We aggressively and effectively represent clients in all aspects of family law including negotiating settlements and litigating cases in Family Court, Domestic Violence Court, District and Superior Courts.